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Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22nd---Two mountain climbers surprisingly survived (幸免于) a fall of over 500 feet on the 25,530-foot mountain in Pakistan, Saturday. The two climbers were climbing an ice-covered wall of the mountain when they suddenly lost their footing and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(悬崖突出部分) below. “We were lucky that ledge was there,” said the climbers, “Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet.” If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers almost certainly have met their death. “It’s a wonder,” the climbers said, “that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion(缓冲) our fall. We’re thankful that we survived.”

When a reporter asked them if they planned to give up mountain climbing after their narrow escape(九死一生), the two climbers replied, “Not at all. We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we get out of the hospital.”

1.The mountain climbers survived because _____.

A. they had fallen only 500 feet down

B. of the ledge and the loose snow on it

C. of their strong bodies

D. they were very good climbers

2.If there had not been the snow-covered ledge, _____.

A. they wouldn’t have fallen down

B. they would have them wounded

C. they would have lost their lives

D. they would fall into the deep snow

3. How high was the ledge from the foot of the mountain?

A. 2,560 feet high B. 2,000 feet high

C. 25,530 feet high D. More than 1,400 feet high

4.Choose the right order which shows what happened to the two climbers.

a. talked with a reporter b. lost their footing

c. was sent to a hospital d. fell to a ledge

e. started to climb an ice-covered wall

A. b-d-c-e-a B. e-d-b-c-a C. e-b-d-c-a D. a-c-b-d-e

5.What are the two climbers going to do when they get well again?

A. To go ahead with the climbing

B. To give up mountain climbing

C. To write an article for the newspaper

D. To return to the snow-covered ledge

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡两爬山运动员在25,530英尺高的山上跌落了500多英尺后幸存下来。当人们问是否他们会放弃爬山，他们说一旦他们离开了医院他们就会回到那里继续爬山。

1.that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion(缓冲) our fall描述，可知他们落在悬崖的突出部分，雪又足够的松软缓冲了我们的跌落。故选B。

2.一段If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers almost certainly have met their death.描述，可知如果没有悬崖的突出部分，那两个爬山人几乎就会丧命，故选C。

3.一段they suddenly lost their footing and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(悬崖突出部分) below.和 Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet描述，他们跌落了560英尺，如果不是悬崖的突出部分他们将跌落2000英尺，可知悬崖的突出部分距离是2000-560=1440，故选D

4.短文描述的事件顺序，故选C

5.细节理解题。根据第二段We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we get out of the hospital.描述，当我们离开了医院我们会回到那里，故选A

考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。